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Podcast: Parish Presbyterian Church
Episode: Zephaniah 2:4-15 Christ Rules the Nations for His Church
Description: Passages like Zephaniah 2, in which God details the coming judgement on the enemies of Israel, tend to make contemporary readers a bit squeamish. After all, the outpouring of words and phrases like "desolation," "woe," "I will destroy you," and "You shall be slain" doesn't seem particularly winsome. But the promises that God will defend His people from their enemies aren't there to be lurid or triumphalist—they are there for our comfort. In times of distress and uncertainty, we need passages like this to remind us that when we build our faith on the Rock of Ages, we may "sm...